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ἀντανάγω [α^γ],
A.lead up against, esp. ἀ. νέας put ships to sea against, Hdt.6.14, cf. Th.7.37: also ἀ. ναυσὶν ἓξ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ib.52: more freq. abs. in same sense, whether in Act., as Id.8.38, X.HG2.1.23, or in Med., as Th.4.13, X.HG1.1.5:—Pass., “ναυσὶν ἀνταναχθείς” D.S. 13.71:—generally, attack, “ἀντανήγετο πρὸς τὸ μειράκιον” Pl.Erx. 398e.
2. raise in opposition, “[ὄρος] τῇ Οἴτῃ” Philostr.VA4.23.
3. bring up instead, AP9.285 (Phil.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 13.71
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.14
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.13
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.37
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.38
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.1.5
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 2.1.23
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, 4.23
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